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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Catania or Quebec City?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Catania for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Catania’s own page.

Choose Quebec City for

  • wellness
  • families
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Catania 72, Quebec City 18: Catania leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Quebec City 57: Catania leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Quebec City 42: Catania leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Quebec City 79: Catania leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Quebec City 58: Catania leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Quebec City 45: Catania leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Quebec City 52: Catania leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Quebec City.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CataniaQuebec City

Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaQuebec City
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m98 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaQuebec City
City population311,584574,482
People per km²1,7041,184
Museums within 10 km2516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.